Does Des Moines Public Schools respect different opinions?

In response to the President's "shithole" comments, Iowa's junior senator tells reporters at Boone High School on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, "we do need to be respectful" of other countries "because we do need them as partners."
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President Donald Trump spoke to a gathering of supporters at Loren Cook Company on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Springfield, Mo. (Photo: Bryon Houlgrave/The Register)Buy Photo

The larger implication concerns Roeder's employer, Des Moines Public Schools. DMPS regularly emphasizes respect for all students. How DMPS disciplines Roeder, or doesn't, will demonstrate whether DMPS lives up to its own standards. Or will DMPS prove itself a hypocrite? I'd bet on the latter.

Many of us around Iowa already view Des Moines with suspicion. DMPS's lawless attitude trying to thwart immigration enforcement last year gave us reason to do so. Will DMPS further blacken the reputation of the Des Moines metro? Stay tuned.